Who by Fire: A Novel (P.S.) by Diana
Spechler
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Bits and Ash were children when the kidnapping of their younger sister,
Alena—an incident for which Ash blames himself—caused an irreparable
family rift. Thirteen years later, Ash is living as an Orthodox Jew in Israel,
cutting himself off from his mother, Ellie, and his wild-child sister, Bits. But
soon he may have to face them again; Alenas remains have finally been
uncovered. Now Bits is traveling across the world in a bold and desperate
attempt to bring her brother home and salvage whats left of their family.
Sharp and captivating, Who by Fire deftly explores what happens when
people try to rescue one another.
Personal Review: Who by Fire: A Novel (P.S.) by Diana Spechler

When Ash and Bits where young children their sister Alena was
kidnapped. Since then the kidnapping has torn their family apart and
brought them to different methods of dealing with the grief, guilt and pain of
loosing their sister, and daughter. Bits runs to men whenever she is sad,
Ash scurries to religion, living as an Orthodox Jew in Israel in hopes that it
will fill his gap and their mother's outlet is blame. She blames herself, and
guilts her other children because they do not perform the way that she
would like them to, they just can't fill that void that her youngest daughter,
her favourite daughter left. For years, even decades the pain has formed
wedges between them all, pushing and pulling them further and further
apart. Will a sudden protectiveness arise within them when they feel
someone on the outside is threatening their family?
Who by Fire is a tightly knit net of interactions and paths that cross and
intersect and dodge each other. The book had its clenching grip on me the
whole way through, I could relate to pieces of each of the characters. I do
recommend it, I enjoyed it and it took me through the emotions a long with
it. I felt the writing was precise and while not stunningly beautiful, it was
practical and felt just right for the book. I was never distracted by cliche or
bored by descriptions, so yes the writing was very good.
This is certainly a book for most people, but it would especially strike a
chord for those who have suffered loss and learned, or have yet to learn
how to cope with the loss endured. As dark as this book could have been,
it wasn't, somehow through the whole reading I felt an underlying stream of
hope and perseverance. Who by Fire is not flavoured by sad and
depressed draining feelings, but of a changing life and the acts that futures
are made of. Read it and you'll be glad that you did.
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